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Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2015

The rise of the Japanese Cybercrime Underground

Researchers at Trend Micro have issued a new report on the Japanese Cybercrime Underground, a growing criminal community with his characteristics. Cybercrime underground is a growing and prolific industry that knows no crisis as demonstrated by the numerous reports issued by principal security companies and law enforcement. In the past we have analyzed criminal most […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2015

Shifu, a dangerous Banking Trojan is Attacking Japanese Banks

The Shifu Banking Trojan is a new sophisticated malware that has been used to target the customers of more than a dozen Japanese banks. Shifu is the name of a new banking trojan that has been around since at least April targeting Japanese banks and a number of European e-banking platforms. “Shifu currently targets 14 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2015

Blue Termite APT group focuses on Japanese organizations

Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have analyzed the cyber attacks run by the Blue Termite APT, a hacking crew group focused on Japanese organizations. According to the experts at Kaspersky security firm, an ATP group dubbed Blue Termite has been active since at least November 2013 focusing its attacks on Japanese organizations. The Blue Termite APT […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2015

48,000 Windows XP PCs are still running at TEPCO … which are the risks?

Which is the impact of the Windows XP End of Life on the critical infrastructure? Recently a Government audit found 48,000 XP PCs still running at TEPCO. One year ago the end of life for Microsoft Windows XP raised a heated debate on security for all the infrastructure that still adopt the popular OS. Windows XP […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2015

25 billion Cyberattacks hit systems in Japan during 2014

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology revealed that more than 25 billion cyberattacks hit systems in Japan during 2014. I decided to write this post to highlight the importance of a cybersecurity posture for any government. When the majority of people thinks to cybersecurity, has no idea of principal cyber threats and their […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2014

BKDR_VAWTRAK malware uses Windows feature to defend itself

The malware specialists at Trend Micro noticed that malicious agent BKDR_VAWTRAK is abusing a Windows feature SRP to prevent victims’ defense systems. Experts at Trend Micro have discovered that Japanese Internet users are being infected by a trojan, dubbed BKDR_VAWTRAK, which uses Windows to try to defeat security software on infected machines. Like many other […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2014

Malware based attack hit Japanese Monju Nuclear Power Plant

IT administrator at Monju Nuclear Power Plant discovered that a malware-based attack infected a system in the reactor control room. On January 2nd one of the eight computers in the control room at Monju Nuclear Power Plant was compromised. An IT administrator has discovered that the system in the reactor control room had been accessed over […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2013

Icefog – Kaspersky discovered the group of cyber mercenaries

Kaspersky Lab discovered the emerging group of cyber-mercenaries Icefog available for hire to perform surgical hit and run operations against strategic targets. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab sustain to have identifies a group of cyber mercenaries called Icefog that is responsible for a huge cyber espionage campaign, occurred in 2011, against Japanese parliament and dozens of government agencies and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2013

Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs stolen

Yahoo Japan Corp is investigating on a possible data breach that may have exposed 22 million user IDs stolen during an unauthorized access to web portal. Yahoo Japan Corp is investigating on a possible data breach that exposed the user IDs of 22 million accounts, another shocking event that raise the necessity to improve security […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2013

Zeus hit five major banks in Japan

Zeus malware is considered the most popular and prolific malicious code for banking, it is one of the privilege agent by cybercrime the use to sell various customized version in the underground to conduct sophisticated frauds. Security community has found it in different occasion and anyway it was a surprice, the malware has evolved in […]

Japan

The rise of the Japanese Cybercrime Underground

Shifu, a dangerous Banking Trojan is Attacking Japanese Banks

Blue Termite APT group focuses on Japanese organizations

48,000 Windows XP PCs are still running at TEPCO … which are the risks?

25 billion Cyberattacks hit systems in Japan during 2014

BKDR_VAWTRAK malware uses Windows feature to defend itself

Malware based attack hit Japanese Monju Nuclear Power Plant

Icefog – Kaspersky discovered the group of cyber mercenaries

Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs stolen

Zeus hit five major banks in Japan

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